Telly With Melly: Canadian TV ratings for March 20-26

Survivor: Game Changers, Designated Survivor in top two spots

Canadian TV viewers were in survival mode a couple weeks ago, pushing CBS’s Survivor and ABC’s Designated Survivor into the top two spots in the ratings.

Survivor’s March 22 episode, The Tables Have Turned, delivered a dramatic twist just before the immunity challenge: two tribes were going to Tribal, but only one person between them was going home. That person ended up being Malcolm Freberg.

That same night, Designated Survivor was dealing with the aftermath of Vice President Peter MacLeish’s (Ashley Zukerman), death at the hands of his wife.

Elsewhere on the ratings list, the season 10 finale of Murdoch Mysteries traipsed in at No. 12, while all three nights of Big Brother Canada managed to grab spots.

Across the country, Global News ruled in Vancouver, CTV Evening News won out in Montreal and Designated Survivor was tops in the Greater Toronto Area. Plus, Flames hockey drew the most eyeballs in Calgary, while Oilers hockey took in the most in Edmonton.

Here are the top programs in Canada for the week of March 20-26, the most recent ratings available, courtesy of audience measurement organization Numeris: